Soviet Union (1990-92) Self-Propelled Laser Complex – 1 prototype The mysterious 1K17 Szhatie (also known as 1К17 Сжатие – ‘Compression’ in Russia, and as the ‘Stiletto’ in NATO reporting) was a unique project developed by the Soviets just before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. This [...]Read Full Article →

Soviet Union (1946-48) Heavy Tank – 7 prototypes The IS-7 (ИC-7), starting life under the project title of Object 260 (объект 260), followed on from the ill-fated IS-5 (Object 730) and IS-6 (Object 252/253). With these failures, the request was still standing for the USSR’s next heavy tank. [...]Read Full Article →

USSR (1950) Light tank/SPG – 1 prototype built Introduction Object 416 was born in the famous city of Kharkov. It was designed by The Construction Bureau of Plant No. 75. In 1944, the same design bureau had designed the A-44, a rear-turreted medium tank. The A-44 never saw development as a consequence of the ensuing [...]Read Full Article →

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